Signal transduction is the process of transferring a signal throughout an organism, especially across or through a cell. The signal transduction pathway of touch and vision works in the same way that many nerve signals do. Instead of creating a second messenger or processing a signal internally, the...A hormone is a chemical substance, produced by a gland and carried in the bloodstream, which alters the activity of specific target organs. An example of this is the release of the hormone ... TNS4 (tensin 4) encodes an actin binding protein involved in cell migration, cartilage development and in connecting signal transduction pathways to the cytoskeleton (Van de Werken et al., 1993; Lo, 2004). Feb 18, 2003 · Many neuroscientists desire to understand events that occur at the synapse. We would like to know in exacting detail how receptors respond to neurotransmitters and neuropeptides. Communication based on autoinducer 2 (AI-2) is widespread among gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, and the AI-2 pathway can control the expression of genes involved in a variety of metabolic pathways and pathogenic mechanisms. In the present study, we identified luxS , a gene responsible for the synthesis of AI-2, in Streptococcus gordonii , a major component of the dental plaque ...